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Raven McKnight
Statistician and data scientist seeking opportunity to engage in meaningful research & discovery for social good. I have worked on projects with Metro Transit, Saint Paul City Council, and The National Gallery of Art.
Education
B.A., Applied Math & Statistics
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN
2020 - 2016
- Honors Thesis: Spatio-temporal Models of Bus Ridership in the Twin Cities
- Minors in Geography & Creative Writing
- Key coursework: Bayesian Statistics, Correlated Data, Statistical Machine Learning, Computational Linear Algebra, Urban GIS, 2D Design
Selected Experience
Research & Analytics Data Science Intern
Metro Transit
Minneapolis, MN
2019
- Working to update Metro Transit’s Transit Market Areas in a practical, statistically rigorous manner
- Support internal data requests, visualization, and Shiny app development
Hiring Committee Member
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN
2019 - 2018
- Recruited to be an equal voting member in the hiring process for mathematics, statistics, and computer science professors
- Evaluate job applications, conduct interviews, and coordinate student involvement in campus visits
- Participated in two successful and one ongoing search
Teaching Assistant
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN
2019 - 2018
- Linear Algebra, Spring 2018, Fall 2018
- Applied Multivariable Calculus 1, Spring 2019
- Correlated Data (senior capstone course), Fall 2019
Researcher
National Gallery of Art
Remote
2019
- Conducting data science research to analyze the Gallery’s collection data
Instructor
Cow Tipping Press
Minneapolis, MN
2017
- Taught a radically inclusive writing workshop for adults with developmental disabilities
- Developed engaging lessons for students with diverse backgrounds & abilities, published student work, and held successful public reading